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cyssan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
cyssan, p. cyste; pp. cyssed; v. a. [cos a kiss]
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §43; §112; §258; §259; §300; §305; §306; §310; §476; §528; §530; §643;
To KISS; osculari
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  • Ic cysse ðé oscular te: ic eom fram ðé cyssed oscular a te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 51, 52, Ic cysse, ðú cyst, he cyst

    osculor, oscularis, osculatur,

    • 25
    • ;
    • Som. 26, 58,
    • 59.
  • Swá hwæne swá ic cysse, se hyt is

    quemcumque osculatus fuero, ipse est,

    • Mt. Bos. 26,
    • 48.
  • Hwílum mec on cófan cysseþ

    sometimes he kisses me in a chamber,

    • Exon. 125a
    • ;
    • Th. 480,
    • 19;
    • Rä. 64,
    • 4.
  • Mec weras cyssaþ

    men kiss me,

    • 108a
    • ;
    • Th. 412,
    • 27;
    • Rä. 31, 6: 104a
    • ;
    • Th. 395,
    • 6;
    • Rä. 15,
    • 3.
  • Ic cyste

    osculatus sum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
    • ;
    • Som. 26,
    • 60.
  • He hire cyste

    he kissed him,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 422, 34: ii. 426, 12: Bd. 3,
    • 6;
    • S. 528,
    • 23.
  • He cyste hyne

    osculatus est eum,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 49: Gen. 48,
    • 10.
  • Ǽghwæder óðerne cyston hie

    they kissed each other,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2031
    • ;
    • An. 1018
    • .
  • Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse

    that he embrace and kiss his lord,

    • Exon. 77a
    • ;
    • Th. 289,
    • 2;
    • Wand. 42
    • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. kissin:
Wyc. kisse:
Piers P. kissen:
R. Brun. kisse:
Chauc. kisse:
R. Glouc. cussede, p:
Laym. cusseþ:
O. Sax. kussian:
O. Frs. kessa:
Dut. kussen:
Ger. M. H. Ger. küssen:
O. H. Ger. kussjan, kussan:
Goth. kukyan:
Dan. kysse:
Swed. kyssa:
Icel. kyssa:
Grk. κυνεῖν , inf. aor. κύσαι to kiss:
Sansk. kus amplecti.
]
Derived forms
ge-cyssan
Linked entries
v.  cossian.
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